List of content forks of Wikipedia
Content forks of the open-source encyclopedia Wikipedia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wikipedia's free content licenses, and a culture that includes a "right to fork", has led to content forks of the open-source encyclopedia.[1][2] This is different from online encyclopedias that make use of Wikipedia's development model and MediaWiki software to develop their content from scratch.
Active forks
- Grokipedia, a 2025 AI-generated encyclopedia—developed by Elon Musk—which makes widespread uses of forked Wikipedia articles.[3]
- Qiuwen Baike, a 2023 fork of the Chinese Wikipedia that aims to be compliant with Chinese government policies.[4]
- Ruwiki, a 2023 fork of the Russian Wikipedia that aims to be compliant with Russian government policies.[5]
Defunct forks
- Citizendium, was a 2006 fork of English Wikipedia, founded by Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger, which was unforked in 2007.[6][7]
- Enciclopedia Libre, was a 2002 fork of the Spanish Wikipedia created in opposition to perceived plans to add advertising to Wikipedia.[8][9]
- Everipedia, was a 2015 fork of English Wikipedia, which was later unforked.[10][6]
- WikiPilipinas, was a 2007 fork of a set Philippine-related articles from English Wikipedia which is no longer active.[11]